New MD for CCANZ
Chris Litchfield is the new Managing Director of Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand and Fiji. The appointment is testament to Litchfield’s ability to lead high performing teams and his tenure at the company of more than two decades.
In search of superior sausages
The annual Devro New Zealand Sausage competition went off with a bang as entries opened for the 21st time. Butchers nationwide are putting their best sausages forward in the hopes of taking out the 2014 Supreme Award.
XPO adds new events to its portfolio
XPO Exhibitions Ltd (XPO) has announced exciting new plans for its recently acquired trade events, Material Handling & Logistics (MHL) and The National Safety Show (NSS).
ECNZ award for innovation
Cottonsoft is celebrating. Following the recent expansion of its Dunedin manufacturing facility and having earned the ECNZ (Environmental Choice New Zealand) ecolabel in 2013 after a rigorous auditing process, the toilet tissue and paper towel manufacturer has now been named the 2014 winner of the annual ECNZ innovation award.
Do More for the All Blacks – new campaign
Designed to support the All Blacks in a very Kiwi way as they take on the challenges that the remainder of 2014, and 2015 will bring, Do More will be a production with a difference. It will be written by, directed by and starring everyday New Zealanders.
Major new CO2 plant for New Zealand
BOC has announced the commencement of a new CO2 plant at Refining NZ’s Marsden Point refinery near Whangarei. To be built at a cost of approximately $40 million, the plant will purify CO2 for supply to customers in a variety of industries including food and beverage, dairy, wine, meat, pulp and paper, and horticulture.
Food Show Auckland on its way
Auckland food lovers rejoice, The Food Show is coming to town! Tickets are available now, so make sure you book in advance to enjoy a discounted price and to avoid queues on the day.
Fight for the title of world’s greatest mixologist
47 of the world’s greatest mixologists came together at Gleneagles, Scotland to mark the start of the sixth annual Diageo Reserve World Class Global Final 2014, one of the industry’s most prestigious and respected cocktail competition.
Lamb cutlet pie wins supreme title
A feast for the eyes and the taste buds, the hearty lamb cutlet and kumara mash pie from The Clareville Bakery in Carterton, Wairarapa has been judged the country’s best pie at the 2014 Bakels New Zealand Supreme Pie Awards.
US craft beer production up 18%
Small and independent craft brewers enjoyed continued growth in the first half of 2014, according to new mid-year data released by the Brewers Association (BA), the not-for-profit trade association that represents the majority of US breweries.
The end of Shiraz as we know it?
Young Australian vintner Nick Glaetzer’s made history when his Glaetzer-Dixon Mon Pere Shiraz won a major national award. Glaetzer’s gamble embodies a major shift in Australia’s wine-growing industry as it responds to climate change.
Inghams Enterprises tops eco-efficiency at Food Industry Excellence Awards
Inghams Enterprises has been recognised at the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology’s Food Industry Excellence Awards, winning the award for Excellence in Eco-Efficiency.